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Thecommander236 Tower Commander (Ancient one) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#1: Feb 9th 2016 at 1:26:32 AM

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Do you see that Meijers ad up in the upper right? Well, these pop-up ads appear on the trope pages when viewed on mobile phones, in this case it's an android Galaxy 5S. However, sometimes they can only be seen if the phone is in "vertical" mode and not in "horizontal" mode (screen rotation). They render the right half of the touch useless when in horizontal mode (,aking it impossible to click on links on that side if the screen) and the only way to fix it is to close the ad. However, the button to close the ad is ABOVE the touch screen and the ad is therefore unable to be closed. Scrolling up doesn't help. This seems to only be a problem if the phone is in Desktop mode (viewing web pages as they appear on a desktop, but with your phone) whereas the ad appears in the right place for Mobile mode. However, Desktop mode has many benefits that Mobile mode doesn't and I would prefer to always have all of my tabs in desktop mode.

edited 9th Feb '16 1:27:00 AM by Thecommander236

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#2: Feb 9th 2016 at 3:43:35 AM

Please use the stickied thread for ad reports, thanks!

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